Paper VWTC-10-04
VULNERABLE WITNESSES ACT IMPLEMENTATION
STEERING GROUP
TRAINING AND COMMUNICATIONS SUB-GROUP
TAKING EVIDENCE ON COMMISSION/USE OF A
SUPPORTER
1. The contract to produce draft guidance on
taking evidence on commission has been let to Professors
Ray Bull and Graham Davies of the University of
Leicester.
2. The contract runs from 1 November and the
work is due to be completed by 7 February 2005. Thereafter
subject to this sub-group being content with the drafts
there will be a short period of consultation before these
pieces of guidance are finalised and published.
3. Professor Bull and Professor Davies are
coming to Edinburgh on the afternoon of 26 November to meet
Paul Smart and Bill Moore of the Victims and Witnesses Unit
and Members are invited to attend as this will constitute
the first meeting of the project steering group for this
work.
4. Professors Bull and Davies are likely to
contact key stakeholders to discuss the form and content of
the guidance. Letters of introduction will have been
issued to this effect by the Victims and Witnesses Unit by
the time of this meeting of the sub-group. As you will
know, this work is intended to complement the Rules of
Court and associated Practice Note by providing general
advice and guidance to a wide range of practitioners who
will in one way or another be involved in the practical
arrangements of providing these special measures.
SEJD
Victims and Witnesses Unit
November 2004